Bamberger Rearrangement during TNT Metabolism by Clostridium acetobutylicum
摘要:
Studies were conducted to isolate and identify polar and oxygen-sensitive intermediates of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) transformation by Clostridium acetobutylicum. Studies conducted in anaerobic cell extracts demonstrated that a polar product formed from the transformation of 2,4-dihydroxylamino-6-nitrotoluene by a mechanism known as the Bamberger rearrangement. The product was stabilized by derivatization with acetic anhydride, and the structure was confirmed by mass spectroscopy, (1)H NMR, and IR spectroscopy techniques. The reaction occurred in the presence of cell extract and H(2) but did not occur in cell extract-free controls. From spectroscopic data, the product of 2,4-dihydroxylamino-6-nitrotoluene rearrangement was identified as either 2-amino-4-hydroxylamino-5-hydroxyl-6-nitrotoluene (4-amino-6-hydroxylamino-3-methyl-2-nitrophenol) or 2-hydroxylamino-4-amino-5-hydroxyl-6-nitrotoluene (6-amino-4-hydroxylamino-3-methyl-2-nitrophenol). Acid-catalyzed rearrangement of 2,4-dihydroxylamino-6-nitrotoluene resulted in a single product, which after derivatization, was identical to a derivatized product from cell extracts. Acid-catalyzed Bamberger rearrangement occurs with the hydroxyl addition para to the participating hydroxylamine, indicating that the 2-amino-4-hydroxylamino-5-hydroxyl-6-nitrotoluene (4-amino-6-hydroxylamino-3-methyl-2-nitrophenol) was the product isolated form cell extracts. This product was also confirmed in whole cell systems that had been fed TNT. Following derivatization of the culture broth, a product was isolated that was identical to hose isolated from crude cell extracts and acid catalysis experiments.
Synthesis of 14C-labelled hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX), 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), nitrocellulose (NC) and glycidylazide polymer (GAP) for use in assessing the biodegradation potential of these energetic compounds
Synthesis of 14C-labelled hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX), 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), nitrocellulose (NC) and glycidylazide polymer (GAP) for use in assessing the biodegradation potential of these energetic compounds
作者:Guy Ampleman、Sonia Thiboutot、J. Lavigne、A. Marois、J. Hawari、A. M. Jones、D. Rho
DOI:10.1002/jlcr.2580360608
日期:1995.6
Within the framework of an R & D project on bioremediation of soils contaminated with energetic compounds, the biodegradation of energetic products such as hexogen (RDX), trinitrotoluene (TNT), nitrocellulose (NC) and glycidyl azide polymer (GAP) is under study. Microcosm assays must be performed with radioactive carbon-14 labelled products in order to follow the biodegradation process. 14C-RDX was prepared by nitration of hexamethylenetetramine (HMTA) according to the Hale process. 14C-ring and methyl labelled TNTs were synthesized according to the Dorey and Carper procedure. 14C-cellulose was synthesized from 14C-glucose by Acetobacter xylinum. Nitration of the 14C-cellulose yielded 14C-nitrocellulose. 14C-glycidyl azide polymer was obtained by polymerization and azidation of 14C-epichlorohydrin (ECH) which was synthesized from 14C-glycerol. Hydrochlorination of 14C-glycerol and epoxidation of the resulting 14C-1,3-dichloro 2-propanol yielded 14C-ECH. The syntheses of these 14C-labelled explosives are described in this paper.
Mineralization experiments requiring the synthesis of substantial amounts of [ring-C-14]trinitrotoluene, led us to reinvestigate die published procedures for labeled TNT. Here we describe an efficient, economical and reproducible procedure that results in crystalline C-14-TNT in 83 % yield with chemical and radiochemical purity of > 99 %. Determination of the specific activity (1.12 GBq/mmol) by mass spectrometry disclosed that the radioactive TNT molecules exhibit an uneven distribution of four to six aromatic C-14-atoms.
Bamberger Rearrangement during TNT Metabolism by <i>Clostridium acetobutylicum</i>
作者:J. B. Hughes、C. Wang、K. Yesland、A. Richardson、R. Bhadra、G. Bennett、F. Rudolph
DOI:10.1021/es970612s
日期:1998.2.1
Studies were conducted to isolate and identify polar and oxygen-sensitive intermediates of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) transformation by Clostridium acetobutylicum. Studies conducted in anaerobic cell extracts demonstrated that a polar product formed from the transformation of 2,4-dihydroxylamino-6-nitrotoluene by a mechanism known as the Bamberger rearrangement. The product was stabilized by derivatization with acetic anhydride, and the structure was confirmed by mass spectroscopy, (1)H NMR, and IR spectroscopy techniques. The reaction occurred in the presence of cell extract and H(2) but did not occur in cell extract-free controls. From spectroscopic data, the product of 2,4-dihydroxylamino-6-nitrotoluene rearrangement was identified as either 2-amino-4-hydroxylamino-5-hydroxyl-6-nitrotoluene (4-amino-6-hydroxylamino-3-methyl-2-nitrophenol) or 2-hydroxylamino-4-amino-5-hydroxyl-6-nitrotoluene (6-amino-4-hydroxylamino-3-methyl-2-nitrophenol). Acid-catalyzed rearrangement of 2,4-dihydroxylamino-6-nitrotoluene resulted in a single product, which after derivatization, was identical to a derivatized product from cell extracts. Acid-catalyzed Bamberger rearrangement occurs with the hydroxyl addition para to the participating hydroxylamine, indicating that the 2-amino-4-hydroxylamino-5-hydroxyl-6-nitrotoluene (4-amino-6-hydroxylamino-3-methyl-2-nitrophenol) was the product isolated form cell extracts. This product was also confirmed in whole cell systems that had been fed TNT. Following derivatization of the culture broth, a product was isolated that was identical to hose isolated from crude cell extracts and acid catalysis experiments.